On the morning just before breakfast on Monday 05 November, Hank called me on my mobile phone and told me that Zawawi our ex-classmate in FMC is hospitalised again. He plan to visit him at the Damansara Specialist Hospital and asked whether I would like to join him. I replied that I would go at my convenience since it would be too much of a bother for him to drive to Kelana Jaya from his house in Tropicana just to fetch me.
So on the following morning on Tuesday 06 November I went out at 0915 hours to visit Zawawi at the hospital. His wife and daughter were with him when I arrived and I seemed to be the first visitor amongst the Old Puteras that day. Since I have been briefed by Hank about his condition, I indicated to Zawawi not to speak much as I could see that he needed rest. He weakly told me that this is his third time in hospital, and I recalled visiting him at his former house in Taman Tun Dr.Ismail after he was discharged from Institut Jantung Negara for a mild heart attack. Now he has sold that house and moved to Kota Damansara. He seemed to be in pain and his jaundice has not cleared yet. His wife gave me an account as how they had to go to several hospitals just to find a vacant bed when he needed medical help desperately.
On the very same morning before I was about to go to the hospital, another Old Putera Dato' Yahya called me on the phone and asked whether I knew that Zawawi is hospitalised and he went to visit him on the previous evening. I replied that I was about to go to the hospital. He told me about Zawawi's medical condition and the events that lead to his present predicament. I gave Zawawi some comforting words and asked him to recite the Du'a to relieve him of the suffering. He seemed to to nod his head to indicate an acknowledgement. As I saw that he seemed to have dozed off, I told his wife that I would take my leave and said to her that we have to put our faith in Allah in such a situation and whatever effort is taken to overcome the predicament is what we can do at most but finally we leave it to Allah to determine everything. It is my silent prayer that Zawawi would pull through his most trying times with ease, InshaAllah.
It is a small village in the kecamatan of Tambusai, Kabupaten Rokan Hulu in the Province of Riau, Sumatra. During the Padri Wars of 1830's , Tuanku Tambusai (aka known as Fakeh Hj Muhammad Salleh ) fought the Dutch forces together with Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Rao in West Sumatra and in Northern Sumatra .The last defence was in Benteng 7 Lapis,Daludalu which fell in 1838. He escaped capture and came to Malaya. He was buried in Rasah in 1882.
6 comments:
Dear Hal,
I'm sad. I'm at a loss for words. He'll pull through this again. He's of sterner stuff. I knew him since 1960. A determined guy! I know, InsyALLAH. We pray for MZ's continued well-being!
Hank
Indeed he is, Hank. Anyone who is made of lesser stuff would have succumbed easily. When I told him he will pull through InshaAllah, he lighted up. May Allah allow him to go through the difficult period with His Compassion and Mercies. We always pray for the well being of a colleague who were our buddies in FMC.
this is the kind of moment we dread at our age. I have lost 19 of 1955 group of 42. It is coming close to half. Then we all ask who's next?
We all pray for his recovery but HE knows what is best.
You are right Pak Cik. However we must make our exit when it is decided by Allah for he knows best. We are mere mortals and our journey in this world is a transient one before we die and then be resurrected for hereafter.
*sending doa for his speedy recovery, or the least strong enough to be sent home for the best most comfy place is always home with the loved ones*
- ♥
Mama Tim,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. The only drawback is that he does not have the facility which his medical condition requires him for the treatment.
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